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CORNERBACK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cornerback mean? 

CORNERBACK (noun)
  The noun CORNERBACK has 1 sense:

1. a defensive football player stationed outside the linebackersplay

  Familiarity information: CORNERBACK used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CORNERBACK (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A defensive football player stationed outside the linebackers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("cornerback" is a kind of...):

football player; footballer (an athlete who plays American football)


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